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Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Dec 31, 2021 · Little Caesars Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 27
Detroit Red Wings 1 20

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
01:43 DET Pius Suter (6) Sam Gagner (9), Vladislav Namestnikov (8) 0 - 1
15:53 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) Lucas Johansen (1), Matt Irwin (2) 1 - 1
3rd Period
17:09 WSH Alex Ovechkin (23) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Nicklas Backstrom (3) 2 - 1
19:19 WSH Alex Ovechkin (24) Garnet Hathaway (4), John Carlson (24) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:41 WSH Dmitry Orlov Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:19 DET Moritz Seider Holding 2
11:57 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
3rd Period
01:54 DET Gustav Lindstrom Tripping 2
10:10 DET Moritz Seider Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
10:10 WSH Nic Dowd Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
15:10 DET Robby Fabbri Interference 2
19:54 WSH Tom Wilson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 37 27 3 2.8 57.6
Detroit Red Wings 40 25 20 1 2.1 42.4

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdDetroit Red Wings aheadWashington Capitals ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 15:53 of 2nd, a 34% chanceWSH goal, 17:09 of 3rd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 19:19 of 3rd, a 55% chanceDET goal, 1:43 of 2nd, a 16% chanceWSH 2.8DET 2.1

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals
Detroit Red Wings

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway9:2850.022.60-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson8:3650.072.51-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Conor Sheary4:06100.0100.00-0
T.J. Oshie · Connor McMichael · Aliaksei Protas3:1533.317.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov17:4750.048.80-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Michal Kempny14:0652.09.60-0
Matt Irwin · Lucas Johansen10:5281.892.21-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 2 0 7 1 19:54 0.54 9-8 0.74-0.29
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 20:09 0.55 10-9 0.61-0.46
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:29 0.15 8-4 0.34-0.24
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 13:12 0.04 8-9 0.17-0.60
46 Lucas Johansen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:18 0.01 9-2 0.69-0.06
52 Matt Irwin D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:33 11-2 0.73-0.06
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 26:03 0.23 13-12 0.61-0.62
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19:52 0.01 14-14 0.08-0.82
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22:04 0.01 14-14 0.62-0.82
20 Brett Leason R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:22 11-4 0.16-0.21
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:56 0.03 8-7 0.19-0.19
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14:12 11-8 0.30-0.60
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:34 0.18 11-11 0.73-0.57
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:01 0.02 12-3 0.38-0.17
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:10 0.05 15-14 0.10-0.82
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:48 0.13 9-8 0.24-0.60
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:08 0.30 7-4 0.19-0.15
77 Connor McMichael L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:09 10-7 0.19-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov W 20 19 1 60:00 2.08 +1.08

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Bertuzzi · Dylan Larkin · Lucas Raymond11:4537.515.20-1
Vladislav Namestnikov · Robby Fabbri · Pius Suter8:3935.366.80-0
Adam Erne · Michael Rasmussen · Filip Zadina7:1030.053.00-0
Sam Gagner · Carter Rowney · Joseph Veleno7:0150.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Oesterle · Gustav Lindstrom14:5731.670.40-0
Marc Staal · Filip Hronek14:4418.81.60-1
Danny DeKeyser · Moritz Seider13:1464.074.60-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Pius Suter C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:40 0.28 8-15 0.58-0.35
7 Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:01 0.32 9-13 0.61-0.20
89 Sam Gagner C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:03 0.06 7-3 0.35-0.00
17 Filip Hronek D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:31 0.06 6-14 0.25-0.87
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:47 3-14 0.01-0.78
18 Filip Zadina R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:23 7-9 0.60-0.29
21 Robby Fabbri C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17:56 0.11 9-13 0.77-0.19
23 Lucas Raymond L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:17 7-11 0.13-0.78
27 Michael Rasmussen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:10 0.35 7-11 0.64-0.42
28 Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:09 6-14 0.47-0.23
37 Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:25 4-3 0.01-0.00
53 Moritz Seider D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 3 22:39 0.19 16-11 0.78-0.35
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:38 0.10 8-10 0.15-0.73
65 Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 18:14 0.07 18-12 0.98-0.49
71 Dylan Larkin C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:39 0.32 8-10 0.27-0.73
73 Adam Erne L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:36 0.25 5-10 0.25-0.35
82 Jordan Oesterle D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:03 7-13 0.50-0.20
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:31 5-4 0.12-0.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Thomas Greiss L 26 24 2 58:19 2.24 +0.24